Osun State,occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government,is a state in southwestern Nigeria;bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states,to the north by Kwara State,to the south by Ogun State and to the west by Oyo State. Named for the River Osun—a vital river which flows through the state—the state was formed from the southeast of Oyo State on 27 August 1991 and has its capital as the city of Osogbo.
Ifedayo is one of the 30 local government areas of Osun State in southwestern Nigeria. It is one of the most recent local government areas to be created.
Chief James Ajibola Idowu IgeListen,SAN,simply known as Bola Ige,was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He served as Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria from January 2000 till his assassination in December 2001. He previously served as governor of Oyo State from 1979 to 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic.
Mudasiru Oyetunde HusseinListen is a Nigerian politician who represented the Alliance for Democracy for two terms (1999–2007) in the House of Representatives. He was elected Senator for Osun West in Osun State,Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections,running on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform.
Patrick Enebeli Osakwe was a Nigerian senator who represented Delta North Senatorial District in Delta State on the platform of Accord Party. He became a member of the Nigerian Senate in 1999,and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007.
Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Bamidele AkandeListen(born 16 January 1939) is a Nigerian politician,who was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003,as a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party,and was the first interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Sarakipronunciation is a Nigerian politician who has served as the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria since 6 July 2022. She served earlier as the Minister of State for Transportation from 2019 till she was moved by the President to the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in 2022. A former senator,she was elected to represent the Kwara Central Senatorial District in the year 2003 under the platform of the People's Democratic Party. She was elected into the House of Representatives in 1999 representing Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency,Kwara State. She is a sister of former Senate President of Nigeria,Bukola Saraki.
Olusola Abubakar Sarakipronunciation was a Nigerian politician,who was a Senator in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–1983). He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the Waziri of the Ilorin Emirate,and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.
Sha'aba Lafiagi was elected governor of Kwara State in January 1992 on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) platform,and was removed from office by the administration of General Sani Abacha in November 1993.
Omololu Samuel MeroyiListen was elected Senator for the Ondo South constituency of Ondo State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade,or Sijuade,was the fiftieth traditional ruler or Ooni of Ife from 1980 to his death in 2015,taking the regnal name Olubuse II. Ife is a traditional Yoruba state based in the town of Ife in Osun State,Nigeria. He was crowned on 6 December 1980 in a ceremony attended by the Emir of Kano,Oba of Benin,Amayanabo of Opobo and Olu of Warri,as well as by representatives of the Queen of England.
Babajide Christopher Omoworare is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Osun East constituency of Osun State,Nigeria in April 2011,He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He was re-elected into the Nigerian senate on 28 March 2015 under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) and was succeeded by Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in June 2019.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2005 to Nigeria and its people.
Olanrewaju Adeyemi Tejuoso is a Nigerian politician. He was a senator from Ogun State at the 8th Assembly.
Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye is a Nigerian pharmacist and professor. She was appointed the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on 3 November 2017 by the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria,Muhammadu Buhari. Before her appointment as NAFDAC boss,she was the founding Chair of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and a Professor of Pharmaceutics,Manufacturing Science and Drug Product Evaluation at the College of Pharmacy,Roosevelt University in Schaumburg,Illinois,where she spent 7 years. She was also a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Manufacturing for 21 years at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,USA. She is Senior Fulbright Scholar and Specialist and 2008 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Fellow. She is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy. Her research interests are in the areas of pre-formulation,early phase development of solid,semisolid and liquid dosage forms,and IND-based and intellectual property-driven late phase drug product development. She is the founder and President of Elim Pediatric Pharmaceuticals Rolling Meadows,Illinois. Through Duquesne University,she was able to develop an anti-retroviral (HIV/AIDS) pediatric fixed-dose combination and received intellectual property on the formulations in the UK and South Africa.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Ekiti State held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Ekiti State. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele representing Ekiti Central,Adetumbi Olubunmi representing Ekiti North and Adebayo Clement Adeyeye representing Ekiti South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress;however,Adeyeye's win was later overturned and the seat awarded to PDP incumbent Abiodun Olujimi.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Osun State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Osun State. Olusola Adeyeye representing Osun Central,Christopher Omoworare Babajide representing Osun East and Isiaka Adeleke representing Osun West all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2011 Nigerian Senate election in Osun State was held on April 9,2011,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Osun State. Olusola Adeyeye representing Osun Central,Christopher Omoworare Babajide representing Osun East and Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein representing Osun West all won on the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election were held in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using first-past-the-post voting. Most elections were held on February 23,2019 with some elections running into February 24 while others had supplementary or rerun elections that took place at a later date. The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2015.
Listen is a Nigerian biologist and politician who was elected Senator for the Osun Central constituency of Osun State,Nigeria in the April 2011 federal elections. He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He also got re-elected into the Nigerian senate under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2015.